Portsmouth this evening

I assume it's this one.

They're in Hampshire because they launched from Normandy, because the joint measures with the French have been making it harder to cross.

Additional police officers are now being surged to French beaches to tackle the larger dinghies.

140 migrants in single dinghy rescued in English Channel
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyegwl9vzqo
The latest dinghy launched in Bay of the Seine and was shadowed for around 10 hours by French rescue boats in case it got into difficulty. The French coastguard said it was not safe to attempt to stop the dinghy on water.
It reached UK waters at lunchtime and the people on board were met by lifeboats from Bembridge and Yarmouth.
French authorities said it was unusual for the migrant boat to depart from the area - 170 miles away from the usual launches around Calais making the crossing to the UK significantly longer.
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It's thought the people smugglers organising the crossings have been forced to go to much greater lengths to avoid detection following more robust policing in the Calais area.

Stop being so logical.

The authorities had plenty of warning that this boat was coming. And being an unusual place to land, the infrastructure isn't already in Portsmouth to to hold these people as they come off the boat, so coaches and border staff had to be sent there promptly.

It's quite ridiculous to be ascribing some dark plan to this. The government doesn't want them here. They're hardly going to plan to bring them here.

Were the tories importing lots of tory voters when they let in significantly more than the current government has?

I presume these human beings came from somewhere else before coming from France

But if the numbers went up, the right-wingers would be complaining.

Or would that be irrelevant too?

I believe it's free to register.

Such brave, brave boys, finally trying to stop the country being utterly flooded with illegal immigrants, because the government knows and does nothing.

I hope the boys are safe. Saw an image of them all on a train with British women, who stated they had never felt safer.

Locals at Dover were giving them bottles of water and cheering them. The blocked truck drivers were cheering them. I hope they are safe and the police don't assault them.

Farage was slagging them off, he's just as much establishment as any of the other anti British politicians. Restore is literally the only hope to stop the hundreds of thousands of illegals being trafficked and assisted into the country every year.

Do certain groups not want to discuss the 14 year old victim?

Irrelevant. Numbers don't matter, only the effect it's having on the people of this country.

Importing future Labour votes for one. Certainly not the British born demographic voting for them

Yeah, tiny numbers, don’t worry about it, nothing to see here. It’s only 16.513 from 1 Jan to 1 Sep. Fuss about nothing.

how mysterious! Why aren’t we allowed to discuss it? Who is stopping us? Is Mumsnet part of a global conspiracy?

So awful, poor boy.

Man charged with rape of 14-year-old boy in Portsmouth - BBC News https://share.google/fZ885lgJfDsVvWeLl

Read the thread. Not allowed to discuss the reason.

Oh dear. No wonder the locals are pissed off. I'm having trouble keeping up with all the sex attacks.

Number of people crossing is also down year to date, not just vessels.

Why though?

The government can go on all they like about less people coming in on boats the fact is many people don’t believe this to be the case, we have no idea how many people are in the country illegally and the government (and other governments too) need to be more honest they are not in control of this now

it’s really concerning that is getting to such a point people are taking things into their own hands and this isn’t just in the UK

??? I don't have Twitter

Portsmouth is no where near Dover. How did they get so far?

Not the best place to receive a warm.welcome as a AS was charged with raping a 14 year boy in Portsmouth this week.

No, fewer people arriving.

But that's not something certain groups want you to hear.

By whom? To what end?

It’s far more likely the authorities were made aware a boat was en route, given it’s a busy shipping lane, and have had time to make provision to safely accommodate people rather than have them disperse completely, especially if they have been made aware of the likelihood of some kind of protest. It’s to nobody’s benefit to have people stood out in water in the dark, whether they came on the boat or are trying to stop the boat.

We're not allowed to talk about why. You'll have to use your imagination or head over to X.

Is this the boat the French were shadowing for 10 hours earlier today? But deemed it too dangerous to attempt to stop while on water.

So they've been dealt with on the British side instead?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyegwl9vzqo